A tigress was trapped Thursday in Gundlupet. Ops to capture the big cats have intensified after emergency meetings were held amid sightings reported from parts of southern Karnataka.
Not a miracle but a meticulous, long-term process, one that combined ecological insight, community engagement, political will and institutional reform, say conservationists.
Maharashtra & MP saw an alarming rise in tiger deaths in 2023 despite a hike in govt aid for conservation to the states. Data on confirmed causes of deaths, however, remains low.
Published by HarperCollins, ‘Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene’ by Nayanika Mathur will be released on 11 October on ThePrint's Softcover.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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